The impulse to consider a business leader for the University of Virginia presidency is not exactly wrong. But neither is it fully right. This cannot be an either/or decision. The university needs a leader who is both a talented business strategist and a knowledgeable champion of higher education.
Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics, said the Freedom Caucus is "unpersuadable." "This is a massive defeat for their party, but they're just not going to change," he said. "Their reaction is to dig in their heels."
Trump has issued no directives regarding construction of the wall. “It’s not as simple and straightforward as individuals not familiar with the process might think it is,” said Stephen Gordon, program director for procurement and contract management studies at the University of Virginia.
The college waitlist can be emotional torture for families hoping to know once and for all where their children will be going to college in just a few short months, placing a glimmer of uncertainty between the students and the final answer. “This is probably the toughest decision to get from a school,” acknowledged Dean Jeannine C. Lalonde, aka “Dean J,” last week in UVA’s admissions blog, “Notes from the Peabody.”
(By Christopher Ali, assistant professor of media studies) The U.S. Senate voted last week to allow internet service providers to sell data about their customers’ online activities to advertisers. The House of Representatives agreed on Tuesday; President Trump is expected to sign the measure into law.
(By Chris Lu, senior fellow at UVA’s Miller Center) The past two weeks of March Madness have brought the usual crowded sports bars, office pools and buzzer-beaters. But this year has been a bit different. For the first time since 2008, the president of the United States has decided not to join in the fun and submit a bracket.
(By Chris Lu, senior fellow at UVA’s Miller Center) During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump appealed to working-class voters by promising to bring jobs back to the U.S. When President Trump recently visited Detroit, he renewed that promise, saying he would "use the full economic powers of our country to protect our workers and to protect our jobs." The problem with Trump's rhetoric is that he has focused on only half of the jobs equation. Job creation means nothing without job training.
Books are still alive and well. I discovered this last weekend in Charlottesville, home of the University of Virginia, at the 23rd annual Virginia Festival of the Book.
Researchers at the UVA School of Medicine have created an online metabolic calculator to predict a person's risk of heart disease and diabetes. A study of the online metabolic calculator suggests it is more accurate at predicting the risk of developing heart disease and diabetes than traditional methods.
Yamuna River Project, unveiled Wednesday, will use sustainable bio-remediation technology to clean water and long-term management strategies to create city-level assets for all. A memorandum of understanding was signed between Delhi Jal Board and University of Virginia in 2016 to work on the five-year project.
Gerald L. Gordon, president and CEO of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, is bullish about the growth of private-sector industry in the county, particularly the potential of personalized medicine. Earlier this year, Inova Health System entered into a partnership with the University of Virginia that could reap significant rewards.
Instances of family members – particularly children – of presidents serving in the administration are rare, and unprecedented under modern ethics standards. According to Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at UVA’s Miller Center, Ivanka Trump would be the first child of a president to hold an official White House post since Dwight Eisenhower’s son John.
Welcome to College Confidential, an online gathering point for college-bound teens and college-obsessed parents. Jeannine Lalonde, an associate dean of admission at the University of Virginia, said she started following the site years ago, after noticing that some people were posting rumors or guessing answers. “I thought, ‘I could easily answer these,’ and then the matter is settled, and people have a reference if they’re searching,” she said. “It also was really apparent that thousands and thousands of people were there.”
Behind every successful man, there’s a woman! And now a novelist has dug out enough proof for us. Bruce Holsinger, a novelist and an English professor at University of Virginia, has come up with a hashtag ‘#ThanksForTyping.’
(By Siva Vaidhyanathan, Robertson Professor of Media Studies) That’s why the Federal Communication Commission studied the issue of online privacy for years, solicited public comment, deliberated openly, and ruled in 2016 that telecommunication and cable companies must not exploit the intimate relationships that consumers have with their phones and computers. Republicans in Senate and then House did the opposite this past week, voting along party lines to reverse the consumer protections.
Hundreds of health care providers from across the state are joining forces this week to tackle the opioid epidemic. The Population Health Summit at Charlottesville's Omni Hotel is hosted by the UVA Health System and a handful of other medical institutions.
Researchers at the UVA School of Medicine have found that a hormone responsible for controlling iron metabolism helps fight off a severe form of bacterial pneumonia, and that discovery may offer a simple way to help vulnerable patients.
UVA scientists have found that a hormone responsible for controlling iron metabolism helps fight off a severe form of bacterial pneumonia, and that discovery may offer a simple way to help vulnerable patients.
For 60 years, WTJU has been a sonic life raft for the University of Virginia, the Charlottesville community, and beyond. That longevity is an achievement in itself. Even more amazing is the tremendous achievement of our community – listeners and station volunteers who have helped the station thrive for six decades. Saturday afternoon, WTJU kicks off its season of anniversary celebrations with a special live broadcast event.
At a public meeting on Wednesday afternoon, more than 50 UVA faculty members sent a clear message: they want the University’s next president to have an academic background.